Senate committee on health, education, labor, and pensions will come to order. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then im introduce the witnesses whom we welcome today, and then well hear from the witnesses. As i said, and then senators will have each have five minutes to ask questions. We have a full house of guests in the audience, and i welcome you here. Were glad youre here. This is part of your right as an american citizen. You can expect vigorous backandforth among the senators. Thats the nature of this committee. We have different points of view. But i would ask that those in the audience respect the rules of the senate in terms of no applause or demonstrations or comments during the hearing. Candice heinz, a Kindergarten Teacher in memphis recently wrote in the memphis commercial appeal the following this year tennessee schools will begin to implement our states new Education Plan under the every Student Succeeds act, which we call essa. Unlike the pre
Whats left of florence moving north, revealingio devastatn in the carolinas with more flooding to come. On this starstudded emmy night, a local celebrity shows support for the woman accusing judge Brett Kavanaugh. Will the allegation derail a Supreme Court nominee . Smoke and flaming shooting from tse apartments. Stand by. Tonight, the Lasting Impact on more than 100 people. Stormws 4 begins with a team 4 weather alert. Hi, everybody. An entire businessstestroyed utside of richmond tonight. Thats ol ghdominion flooring i chesterfield, virginia. The video dramatic. One person died when that business collapsed. The are reports of up to seven tornadoes in the richmond area the National Weather service will try to confirm those numbers tomorrow. Severaler homes also hit and about os6,000 peoplet power. Lets begin touight withg kammerer, hes in the storm center. Doug, this is all thanks to florence, right . Absolutely, guys. When we talk about a land fallingcane or tropical system, we do ge
We will then hear from the witnesses. The senators will each have five minutes to ask questions. We have a full house of guests in the audience and i welcome you here. We have a g full house of guests in the audience. I welcome you here part of your right as an american citizen. Can you expect vigorous back and forth among the senators. Thats the nature of this committee. We have different point of views. I would ask that those in the audience respect the rules of the senate in terms of no applause or demonstrations or comments during the hearing. Canis hines, a kindergarten teacher, recently wrote the following. This year tennessee schools will begin to implement our states new Education Plan under the every Student Succeeds act, essa. Unlike no child left behind, essa gives tennessee more economy to design policies to meet the need was our states students show quote. Essa empowers tennessee with the possibility to decide how to close achievement gaps, improve schools and make sure ou
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] this hearing will come to order. Today we hear from four nominees, justice ruth pardon me, Beth Robinson, jennifer sung to the 9th circuit. Dr. Rahul gupta, National Control policy. Elizabeth prelogar. With this slate the Biden Administration and Senate Democrats are advancing nominees wellqualified that bring diversity. Historic firsts among todays nominee, mon confirmation, Justice Robinson will be the first openly lgbtq woman on Appellate Court. Ms. Sung, the first asianamerican women to occupy one of the oregons 9th circuit seats and dr. Gupta, the first medical doctor to head the ocp and two judicial nominees and dr. Gupta, i have the pleasure of nominating the solicitor general. And Elizabeth Prelogar is one of the most accomplished appellate litigators in this position. Nominated nine cases in the Su
Bill. Well talk to congressman jim clyburn about the democrats plan to get it all done. This as President Biden will head to detroit to tout the Infrastructure Law. Over on the west coast, a massive storm drenched the Pacific Northwest, bringing severe flooding and heavy winds. Well bring you a live report with the latest. And just as covid cases are on the rise in some states, we could be just days away from the fda authorize the pfizer booster shot for all adults. Happening at any moment now, 12 jurors will reconvene for day two of deliciouses in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. There is our camera shot into the courtroom. And we expect the judge to maybe say a few words in just a couple of minutes when they reconvene in kenosha. Joining me now with the latest is nbc news correspondent, Gabe Gutierrez. Paul butler is a former federal prosecutor, professor at Georgetown School of law, and msnbc legal analyst, and kim is a National Correspondent for the washington post. Thank you for being